What the First Circuit Is Really Deciding The First Circuit is weighing whether a federal judge had the power to restore billions in Harvard research funding after finding the government acted unlawfully. The Trump administration says the dispute belongs in the Court of Federal Claims because, at bottom, Harvard is seeking federal money. Harvard says the case is much bigger than a contract dispute—it claims the government used federal funding to retaliate against constitutionally protected resistance. By Samuel López | USA Herald BOSTON — The latest courtroom battle between President Donald Trump’s administration and Harvard University may look like a...